Rail-handling device



March 8, 1927 v 9,908

Y J. WHITE RAIL HANDLING DEVICE A gt I w 2 2% m I j Attorney Inventor Patented Mar. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES J'OSEIEI-I WHITE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

RAIL-HANDLING DEVICE.

Application filed August 9, 1926.

This invention relates to an improved railway appliance and it has moreparticular reference to a structure which may be con veniently entitled a rail handling device.

The invention has more specific reference to a device of this kind which includes a roller upon which a rail may be rested and moved to permit it to be removed from or placed in position on a rail conveying car or the like, novel means being provided for supporting the roller in adjusted positions and attaching the device to the car.

The specific details and their relative arrangement forming the novelty of this invention will become apparent from the following description and drawings.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in section and elevation of a device constructed in accordance with this invention, showing the same mounted on the wall of a rail carrying car.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken approximately upon the plane of the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken approximately upon the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the

reference character 1 designates fragmentary portions of a vertical side wall of a railconveying car of conventional form. The car is usually of the low down type and vertical walls are therefore of a height to properly confine a plurality of rails so as to permit them to be readily unloaded.

The rail handling device is represented generally by the reference character 2, and the same comprises a base plate 3 and right angularly disposed standards at. The lower ends of the standards are bifurcated as at 5 and the furcations straddle the wall of the car as shown plainly in Fig. 3. A set screw or the like 6 passes through one of the furcations and against the wall of the car to hold the device in operative position.

The portions of the standards extending above the base plate are channel-shaped in cross section, the walls of the channels having confining flanges 7 directed inwardly toward each other as shown better in Fig. 2. Connected to the upper ends of the standards are appropriately shaped carrying handles 8. The upper ends of the handles are offset as shown for a purpose to be made hereinafter clear. Blocks of elongated form 9 are slid- Serial No. 128,154.

ably mounted in the guide channels of the standards a and these blocks are provided with bearings to accommodate the reduced journals on the ends of a rail supporting i roller 10 (see Fig. 2).

Connected to the lower end portions of the blocks are inwardly extending members 11 and 12, the part 12 having a tongue 13 fitting into a recess in the part 11 and a set screw 14: being employed to hold the parts in adjusted position. This permits the blocks 9 to be moved toward or from each other to bring about a more effective relationship of parts and to compensate for wear due to the continuous sliding of the blocks in the guide channels. In this connection, it is to be stated that the offset upper ends of the handles 8 serve to permit the units comprising the blocks 9, roller 10, and parts 11 and 12 to be removed or inserted. It is yet to be pointed out that the roller may be adjusted in height and held in adjusted position by retaining screws 15.

The device is placed in an upright position on one of the vertical walls of the car by placing the furcations over the wall of the car as shown in Fig. 3. Then, when using the device, one end of the rail is lifted up and rested upon the roller and is then pushed across the roller in an obvious manner until it may be lowered conveniently onto the ground. Obviously, the device is exceptionally convenient, for handling rails, during the time of laying the track. It serves not only to permit the rails to be lifted from the car, but also to be replaced.

Moreover, the device is not restricted to attachment to the wall of the car, but may be connected to a support located adjacent the car in a convenient position to receive the rail ends.

The construction of the details, the manner in which they cooperate with each other, together with the method of operation of the device will be clear, it is believed, when considered in connection with the drawings, and the detailed description. Therefore, a more lengthly description is thought unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a rail handling device of the class described, a support including uprights having guide channels, a unit including bearing blocks slidable in said channels, a roller carried by said bearing blocks, and adjustable connecting means between the bearing blocks.

2. A rail handling device of the class de- 5 scribed, a base plate, standards disposed at the ends of the base plate, the lower ends of the standards being bifurcated and the furcations being adapted to straddle a car wall, the portions of the standards projecting above said base being of channeLsha-ped cross section, a relatively movable unit ema bodying bearing blocks slidable in said channel, a roller mounted for rotation between the'blocks, members extending inwardly and toward each other from the lower end portions of the blocks, means adjustably c0nnesting said members together, and handles mounted on the upper ends of the standards, said handles being offset to clear the bearing blocks when they are adjusted to a prede- 20 termined height.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH WHITE. 

